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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Sanctimonious Workplace Posters from the 60s



"Motivational products don't work. But our Demotivator products don't work even better," insist the pundits at Despair.com. The company is best known for its "demotivational" posters, like the signature one depicted above. 

 

Two weeks ago in my hometown, I chanced upon four framed sixties-era workplace posters appropriately well-hung in a cafe bathroom. How couldn't   the wags at Despair.com not find the sanctimonious quartet below inspirational and motivational?

 

 









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